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SLIDING TRUNDLE BED. N0. 361,189. Patented Apr.- 12, 1887.

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SLIDING TRUNDLE BED. No. 361,189; Patented Apr. 12, 1887.

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i ng is a full, clear, and exact description of the bedsteads having atrundle-bed sliding under UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. SMITHER, OF NIOHOLAS VILLE, KENTUCKY.

SLIDING TRUNDLE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,189, dated April12, 1887.

Application filed January 15, 1887.

T0 aZZ' whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. SMITHER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Nicholasville, in the county of J essamine and Stateof Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSliding Trundle- Beds; and I do hereby declare that the followinvention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure lis a perspective view of my improved bedstead, showing the trundle beddrawn out. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing the trundle-bed pushed in. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal verticalsectional View of the closed bed; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transversesection on line 00 m, Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of the large bed; and itconsists in the improved construction and combination of parts of abedstead of the usual construction adapted to have a'sliding trundle-bedattached to it, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numerals 1 1 indicate the side railsof the bedstead, and 2 and 3 are respectively the head and foot board,while the legs areindicated by the numerals 4t 4, all of these partsbeing of the usual construction.

The side rails of the bed are formed with the usual cleats, 5, upontheir inner sides, having the usual notches or recesses, 6, for thereception of the ends of the slats 7. The slats 8, nearest the headboard and foot board, are thicker than the remaining slats, and securedto the side rails by means of brackets 9. The outer edges of these twoslats are provided with strips or rails 10, of metal, having their loweredges bent or doubled upward and inward to form upwardly-projectingflanges 11 upon the inner sides of the rails.

The trundle-bed frame consists of the side rails, 12, which are formedwith the notched cleats 13, supporting the slats 14, and of the endpieces, 15. The outer sides of these end Serial No. 224,393. (No model.)

pieces, 15,are provided with strips or rails 16, of metal, having theirupper edges bent out- Ward and downward to form downwardlydoubledflanges 17, which may fit and slide in the flanges of the rails upon theslats of the large bed.

The inner side rail of the trundle-bed is provided withupwardly-projecting studs 18,Which may bear against the innerside of theside rail of the large bed when the trundle-bed is drawn out. The outerside rail of the trundle-bed is preferably of the same length as thespace between the legs at the side rail of thelarge bed, between whichthe side rail of the trundle-bed fits when the said bed is pushed in,the front rail being longer than the inner side rail.

Two legs, 19, are pivoted upon the outer sides of the end pieces of thetrundle-bed near their outer ends, and spring-rods 20 are secured attheir inner ends to the under sides of the end rails, bearing near theirinner ends against studs 21 in the said under sides and havingrectangular bent portions 22 near their outer ends,wl1ich may fit uponthe square upper endsof the legs. The outer ends of the spring-rodsslide in long bails 23 upon the under side of the outer side rail of thetrundle-bed, the said bails limiting the throw of the rods.

It will now be seen that when the trundlebed is to be used the said bedmay be slid out from under the large bed and the legs may be foldeddown, the rectangular portions of the spring-rods forming notches orcatches in which the legs may be held, the said portions of thespring-rods thus holding the legsin their downwardly-tiltedposition,.supporting the outer portion of the trundle-bed. When thetrundlebed is to be pushed in again in its former position, the legs arefolded up, after releasing the spring-rods, and the bed may be pushed inunder the large bed.

It will be seen that this trundle-bed may be applied to any bedstead bysimply providing the large bed with the thick slats and their rails, andit follows that the trundle-bed may be drawn out at either side of thebed by simply reversing the fastenings and rails.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States-- The combination of cross-slatsadapted to be secured near the ends of a bed and formed with flat railsupon their outer edges having the lower edges doubled inward and outwardto form fianges,a trundle-bed having flat rails upon the end piecesformed with outwardly and downwardly doubled upper edges sliding in theflanges of the rails upon the slats, legs pivoted at their upper endsnear the outer ends of the end pieces of the trundle-bed,and springrodssecured at their inner ends upon the under sides of the end pieces ofthe trundle-bed and having reetangularly-bent portions near the outerends for engaging the upper ends of the leg and having their outer endssliding in long bails upon the under side of the outer rail of thetrundle bed, as and for the purpose 15 shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixcd my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH G. SMITHER.

Witnesses:

J. W. BUKY, F. L. SEARS.

